[Waverley ARS] IRLP Embedded nodes is it worth it?

[Adam Carmichael]

Hi Daniel,

Daniel Walters wrote:
> i am looking to purchase an irlp node. i am not sure if i should get the 
> new type embedded system which they have released or with the older type 
> with the pc, and everything else.
> more info about them is on http://www.irlp.net
If you're really keen to home brew (and I understand the IRLP guys 
aren't as open to DIY as many other projects), you can buy the IRLP 
card, and a PCI to mini-PCI bridge to use with one of the WRAP or 
Soekris "embedded" systems.

I put embedded in quotations because, it's really just a high speed i386 
compatible processor; so you can put whatever flavour of Linux / BSD on 
it on a compact flash card, and instead of using keyboard, video and 
mouse, you use just the serial port like you would in telnet / ssh by 
using HyperTerminal in Windows. I think it has to be Linux for IRLP 
because they don't support other OSes - but don't quote me on that.

Some of the WRAP and Soekris systems come with embedded WiFi too. I have 
one at my mother's house with just the Ethernet and a mini-PCI slot 
running a Geode 486 CPU at about 200Mhz. It's about the size of a VHS 
cassette. I can show you one day if you like.

Regards,

Adam

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